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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 1086449" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>The K06 is still in production apparently, and I'd suggest that you stay with the Pioneer brand. Their optical drives are usually very reliable, and work well with Mac hardware.</p><p><a href="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/BusinessProducts/Blu-rayDisc+DVDWriters/DVDComputerWriters/DVR-K06" target="_blank">Pioneer USA - DVR-K06 - Internal Slim DVD/CD Writer for Notebooks – Slot Load</a></p><p></p><p>Incidentally, your iMac is not a G5 (PPC) but an Intel iMac. In searching OWC for optical drive replacements, only the G5 iMac is mentioned. Hmm, maybe the same optical drive works inside an Intel iMac. <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MG5SL8XDLK/" target="_blank">OWC Mercury for iMac G5 - 8X DVDRW/2.4X DL... (MG4SL8XDLK) at OWC</a>.</p><p></p><p>In what way(s) does your iMac "run really slow". There could be a number of causes, the principal being a failing hard drive. Have you run a hardware test with Disk Utility from the Install disk (I know, your internal optical drive isn't working, but from an external optical firewire drive)? <span style="font-size: 9px">In fact, the optical drive solution might be an external unit rather than trying to restore the internal one.]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 1086449, member: 56231"] The K06 is still in production apparently, and I'd suggest that you stay with the Pioneer brand. Their optical drives are usually very reliable, and work well with Mac hardware. [url=http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/BusinessProducts/Blu-rayDisc+DVDWriters/DVDComputerWriters/DVR-K06]Pioneer USA - DVR-K06 - Internal Slim DVD/CD Writer for Notebooks – Slot Load[/url] Incidentally, your iMac is not a G5 (PPC) but an Intel iMac. In searching OWC for optical drive replacements, only the G5 iMac is mentioned. Hmm, maybe the same optical drive works inside an Intel iMac. [url=http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MG5SL8XDLK/]OWC Mercury for iMac G5 - 8X DVDRW/2.4X DL... (MG4SL8XDLK) at OWC[/url]. In what way(s) does your iMac "run really slow". There could be a number of causes, the principal being a failing hard drive. Have you run a hardware test with Disk Utility from the Install disk (I know, your internal optical drive isn't working, but from an external optical firewire drive)? [size=1]In fact, the optical drive solution might be an external unit rather than trying to restore the internal one.][/size] [/QUOTE]
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